Prof. Valentina Ndou is an open-ended researcher at the Innovation Engineering Department of the University of Salento, and an Associate Professor at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Salento in the disciplinary scientific field ING-IND/35 (business and management engineering). Valentina is the holder of a National Scientific Licence (ASN) for the position of Professor of Category II in the field of competition 09/B3-Economic and Management Engineering. Since May 2018, Valentina has been project manager of the Nest Networking for Smart Tourism Development Project, funded under the community programme Interreg IPA Cbc Italy–Albania–Montenegro. Valentina’s research activities are strongly oriented towards innovation, with a particular focus on the impact of innovation on the processes and organisational models of companies in the different sectors, new business models for value creation, collaborative innovation processes in innovative environments, and innovative technological entrepreneurship. Over the past three years, Valentina has been engaged in scientific work with an interdisciplinary focus, focusing mainly on the following: management of innovative technological entrepreneurship, new business models for tourist enterprises and destinations, and digital transformation. Valentina is also a member of technical committees of international conferences, and plays the role of a reviewer in various international journals.